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6.7/10   726 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Mary Shelley (novel) and
J. Searle Dawley (writer)
Release Date:
18 March 1910 (USA) more
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Plot:
Frankenstein, a young medical students, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster... more | add synopsis
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Film School Classic more (35 total)

Cast

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Mary Fuller ... Elizabeth (uncredited)
Charles Ogle ... The Monster (uncredited)
Augustus Phillips ... Frankenstein (uncredited)
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16 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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First filmed version of the story of Frankenstein's monster. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Monster Mania (1997) (TV) more

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Film School Classic, 18 February 2000
9/10
Author: Jay-90 from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Edison's production of Shelley's _Frankenstein_ is, for its time, groundbreaking. While it doesn't have the ingenuity of some of its predecessors, _A Trip to the Moon_ comes to mind, it is nonetheless a short that attempts to make effective use of lighting, smoke, and splicing. Thematically, it offers a Faustian approach to Victor Frankenstein. The actor who portrayed the Monster was, of course, overacting and part of that is due to the fact that this film is a silent feature that relies more on physical out-takes than dramatic monologues. I gave the film 9 out of 10, basing most of this score upon its clever use of effects and interesting (although only somewhat effective) use of themes.

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